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In the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993–1997), Lex Luthor is played by actor John Shea. In the eyes of the public, he is a beloved humanitarian, but Superman knows the truth. During the show's first season Clark Kent/Superman spends a good deal of time trying to prove that Luthor is corrupt, while Luthor tests Superman to find his weakness. He ... comes up with dangerous plots to turn the public against Superman. At the end of season one, he manages to acquire a rare piece of kryptonite; he then devises a trap for Superman that almost kills him, but Superman narrowly escapes when Luthor leaves him to his fate. Just as Luthor is about to marry Lois Lane, the truth about his evil nature is exposed and he takes his own life rather than face imprisonment.[55] Ironically, due to exposure to Luthor's kryptonite, Clark's powers are too weak and he cannot save him.
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The post-Crisis Lex Luthor has been married eight times, though the first seven marriages occurred off-panel in Luthor's past. His eighth and final marriage to Contessa Erica Alexandra Del Portenza,[40] (otherwise known simply as "The Contessa") is based on mutual greed. The Contessa buys controlling interest in LexCorp after Luthor is indicted, compelling Lex into marrying with her in order to regain control of his company. The Contessa becomes pregnant[41] and starts using the unborn child to dominate Lex into doing her bidding. Luthor's response is to imprison her while she is drugged during childbirth, then lock her up, keeping her in a permanently-unconscious state. The Contessa later escapes to an island mansion,[42] but upon being elected President, Luthor targets her home with a barrage of missiles and destroys it.[43]
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The 2000s television series Smallville features a Lex Luthor, played by Michael Rosenbaum, whose history echoes many previous versions of the character, though this version of Lex has not yet (as of December 2005) become a bona fide villain. In this series, the character's full name is Alexander Luthor. In episodes having to do with Lex's childhood, it has been noticed that the women that raised Lex called him Alexander, including his mother Lillian Luthor (in the season 3 episode "Memoria") and his nanny Pamela Jenkins (who appeared, dying of cancer, in the Season One episode "Crush"). As in the Silver Age, Lex is one of teenaged Clark Kent's closest friends. This Lex... is heir to his father's fortune, once again invoking the corrupt businessman version of the character. (Many details about Lex's father in the series, Lionel Luthor, are clearly based on the actions and life of the comic-book Lex Luthor.) As a young boy, Lex was caught up in the meteor shower which brought baby Kal-El's rocket ship to Earth from Krypton.
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Lex Luthor's full first name has over the years been variously spelled as Alexis, Alexei, and Alexander (currently his official first name), but originally "Lex" was not intended to be short for anything. In Latin, the name "Lex" translates as "law." In his earliest appearances, he was referred to only as Luthor, with no first name given.
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In the film, Lex Luthor has spent five years in prison, giving him a harder, more violent edge, as well as a desire for revenge on Superman. During Superman's disappearance, he is released from prison on an appeal. His machinations once again concern real estate, as they did in the Richard Donner film. Luthor plans to use crystals (like the one Superman used to create the Fortress of Solitude) stolen from Superman to create a new landmass off the east coast of the United States. In doing so, he will create a vast new real estate opportunity and spite Superman at the same time. After his scheme fails, Luthor uses a helicopter to escape capture, but it runs out of fuel, stranding him on a deserted island.
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In the Silver Age of Comics, Lex Luthor solidified his status as Superman’s arch nemesis. Supposedly they were contemporaries, both growing up in Smallville together, originally friends. In those days, Lex had a full head of hair. He was a real fan of Superboy's, and saved the Boy of Steel's life by pushing a kryptonite meteor into a gully full of quicksand. He was already a genius, who dreamed of being as famous and celebrated as Superboy. Superboy even built him a laboratory and supplied him with unknown chemicals to analyze.
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